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Canadian Prime Minister Announces $10 Million Plan for AEDs in Hockey Arenas and Recreation Centers
CONCEPTION BAY, NL, Canada--Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a $10 million plan to fund life-saving automated external defibrillators and related training in hockey arenas and community recreation centers across Canada. “Defibrillator placement and training are essential steps in helping Canadians save lives,” says Bobbe Wood, CEO,… Read More
iRescU App Featured in AM New York
iRescU, a mobile application designed to help bystanders resuscitate victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), was featured today in a story in AM NewYork about five free mobile apps that can save a life. iRescU is being developed by an international team, led by Nadine Levick, MD, of the EMS Safety Foundation. Among other things, iRescU provides… Read More
SCA Coalition Elects 2011 Leadership
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition, an ad hoc coalition of more than 40 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a common interest in preventing death and disability from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), has elected new leadership. The 2011 Co-Chairs of the Coalition, Lisa Levine, President of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA), and Mary Newman… Read More
Teen Dies in Gym Class
NEW BOSTON, Texas — A 15-year-old Northeast Texas boy has died after collapsing at school during gym class. Superintendent Gary VanDeaver with New Boston High School says Steave Surratt collapsed shortly before noon Thursday. VanDeaver says a defibrillator, at the school, was used on the boy. The freshman died later at a Texarkana hospital. Van… Read More
Hypothermia Shown to Improve Odds of Survival and Outcomes for SCA Survivors
The successful use and evaluation of therapeutic hypothermia to improve survival and reduce the risk of neurological consequences following an out-of-hospital heart attack are explored in the premier issue of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, a new quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This… Read More
Sudden Death in NCAA Athletes Higher than Previously Estimated
New calculations of young athletes' risk might influence guidelines for health screenings DALLAS, April 4, 2011 -- About one in 44,000 National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes suffers sudden cardiac death each year, according to a new study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The death rate — higher than many… Read More
Cheerleader Suffers Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Lives to Thank Her Coaches
LINTON TWP. — A 16-year-old girl collapsed in cardiac arrest during cheerleader tryouts at North Hunterdon High School on Tuesday night and was flown to Morristown Memorial Hospital after receiving CPR from police, school staff and a parent. She was “awake and doing OK” at the hospital this morning, according to school spokeswoman Maren Smagala.… Read More
Saving Lives Can Be a Hairy Proposition
TORONTO, April 6 -- With the postseason beginning next week, many NHL players are set to support a great cause by growing out their playoff beards - and they want hockey fans to join them. The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) have joined together to launch the NHLPA Beard-a-thon, an… Read More
Two Hockey Players Suffer SCA on Same Day
The one treated immediately with a defibrillator survived ONTARIO--Ottawa paramedics are calling for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to be made available at public places after two incidents involving hockey players Tuesday night. In one case, a man died where no defibrillator was available but another man lived after his heart was… Read More